{"id":45364,"date":"2022-02-19T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=45364"},"modified":"2022-02-19T17:46:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T21:46:28","slug":"limerick-off-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2022\/02\/19\/limerick-off-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick-Off Monday \u2013 Rhyme Word: DRONES at the end of any one line (Submission Deadline: March 5, 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you\u2019re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.<\/a><\/p>\n

I hope you\u2019ll join me in writing limericks using DRONES at the end of any one line.<\/strong> (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)<\/p>\n

The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here\u2019s last week\u2019s Limerick-Off Award Winner.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Additionally,<\/strong> you may write themed limericks<\/strong> related to REJECTION, using any rhyme word.<\/strong> And of course I\u2019ll present an extra award \u2014 one for the best <\/strong>REJECTION-related limerick.<\/p>\n

How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you\u2019re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick<\/em><\/a> article.)<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll announce the winners on March 6, 2022,<\/strong> right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you two full weeks<\/strong> to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. <\/strong> (Eastern Time.)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my DRONES-rhyme limerick: <\/p>\n

\n

The anatomy prof provokes groans;
\nHe tells anecdotes (endless) and drones.
\nStudents stare at the clock,
\nRead their email, and mock
\nHim for tales that are never bare bones.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And here\u2019s my REJECTION-themed limerick:<\/p>\n

\n

A man had a bee in his bonnet
\nAbout writing a humorous sonnet.
\nNo one cared for his style,
\nSo he built a flop-pile
\nOf rejections and plopped down upon it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Please feel free to enter my Limerick-Off by posting your limerick(s) in my comments. And if you\u2019re on Facebook, I hope you\u2019ll join my friends in that same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.<\/a><\/p>\n

To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter<\/a>. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you\u2019re a Facebook user, on Facebook too. I hope you\u2019ll join me in writing limericks using DRONES at the end […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49,62,39,104,3270,1192,65,352,42,103,64,69],"tags":[5617,6107,5646,1847,2858,2482,3500,6106,3271,5009,4973,3017,6105,6108,6109,6110,1011,1166,203],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45364"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45364"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45394,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45364\/revisions\/45394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}